AR>AR>And I have to disagree with you about the severity if the burn
  >AR>when
  >  >scalding fluid is kept on the skin my the fabric in the clothing.
  >  >In fact, that is what caused the burns to be as severe as they were.
AR> RT> It would hurt, granted, but the fabric would insulate the
  > RT> skin from the most severe affects of the hot liquid which
  > RT> would cool tremendously before it actually contacted the
  > RT> skin.
AR>Depends on the thickness of the clothing.
I believe she was wearing slacks.
AR>But, the fabric will retain the hot liquid in its position touching the
  >skin, and the heat was high enough for long enough that the burns were
  >quite secere.
AR>To test this, take a hand towel, fold it up and place it in the sink.
  >Then, take a teapot full of boiling water and pour it on the towel.
Then I'd have to agree with you, but the lady wasn't wearing a folded
hand towel.  Now take a pair of slacks, stretched out into one layer as
if worn on the legs,  pour hot water on them and then measure the
temperature on them in five seconds.
AR>Check how long it takes to cool off enough so that you can touch it wthout
  >burning yourself.
  >You will be surprised.
Not really... I realize that a couple of inches of towel fabric, soaked
in hot water will retain a lot of the heat for several minutes.  Check
it out with a single layer of polyester or cotton.
AR>You also would be surprised at how fast the skin will burn at that high
  >temperature.
I never implied that the lady wasn't burned.... just that her burns
could not have been debilitating and certainly not to a degree as to
justify hospitalization....  BTW, _was_ she admitted???  I don't know.
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